Assignment task: A research and practice committee nurse is preparing for an update on evidence-based practice (EBP). There is a need to address the potential changes with several EBP policies. This presentation will examine the EBP policies and the reasoning and rationale for why changes may be needed.
1. Choose an EBP topic - Medication Error Prevention in Hospitalized Patients, and two scholarly peer-reviewed journal articles
2. Compare the difference between theory, research, and practice in nursing
3. Choose a theory that best correlates with the EBP practice change that you would like to make
4. Compare and contrast the quantitative and qualitative research article that you choose for the EBP topic
5. What technology did you use to locate the articles? Databases? Search terms?
6. What were the chosen research articles' philosophical, theoretical, and methodological perspectives?
7. What are the ethical and scientific integrity issues related to the research?
8. How did your nursing knowledge advance through the utilization of research?